University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: September 15
September 15, 2014 | General
Check out the 2013-14 Carolina Athletics Year in Review, a great way to relive memories from a great year.
Football
Elijah Hood is looking for more highlights...New bowl projections with two different destinations for the Tar Heels...What is, in fact, the essence of tailgating?...Some kind and generous people actually consult the football schedule before planning fall weddings...Must have been a bad bye week for the Tar Heels, as they moved down in the ESPN power rankings...
Basketball
Here's the lowdown on Late Night with Roy, the Oct. 3 kickoff to the 2013-14 season. If you're feeling nostalgic, watch highlights from last year's Late Night from GoHeels TV...Preseason conditioning starts this afternoon for the Tar Heels. Look for an inside look on GoHeels later this week...Comparing Danny Green to Bruce Bowen...Wayne Ellington could make sense for the Lakers...Looking at the future of Tyler Zeller with the Celtics.
Olympic sports
The third-ranked men's soccer team won its ACC opener, dominating Pitt 3-0 on Friday.
Volleyball went 3-0 while hosting the Carolina Classic with wins over Georgia Southern and VCU, plus a victory over Kentucky:
Ben Griffin won his first individual title and the men's golf team won its Tar Heel Invitational at Finley...Congrats also to former men's golfer Dustin Bray, who won an eGolf Tour event on Saturday...A sense of normalcy has returned to the women's basketball program...Hayley Carter paced the women's tennis team at Duke's tournament.
Today's games
None.
Tar Heels in the NFL
Congrats to Robert Quinn for his big contract extension (with over $41 million guaranteed) with the Rams, and then he went out and had three tackles, including one for loss...Da'Norris Searcy had five tackles, including one for loss...Bruce Carter, who is trying to live up to lofty expectations in Dallas, had a tackle...Brandon Tate had a 50-yard reception, plus a 29-yard kick return...Gio Bernard rushed 27 times for 90 yards and a touchdown, plus caught five passes for 79 yards. The 169 yards from scrimmage were a career high...Eric Ebron caught three passes for 38 yards...Quinton Coples notched a sack.
Tar Heels in MLB
Mike Morin has been very effective for the Angels, but thinks he can be better...Rob Wooten gave up one run in one inning for the Brewers...Kyle Seager had two hits...Andrew Miller struck out three of the four hitters he faced and has been key for the Baltimore bullpen:
Andrew Miller has faced 59 hitters since joining the Orioles and struck out 28 of them. http://t.co/GzKR5M0Bky
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) September 15, 2014
Long read
This is a very interesting, and very different, viewpoint on who benefits the most from USA Basketball.
